" APLEY, a hamlet in the parish of Wellington, in the hundred of Bradford, in the county of Salop, 1¼ mile N.N.E. of the town of Wellington."

" ARLESTON, a hamlet in the parish of Wellington, and hundred of South Bradford, in the county of Salop, 1 mile from Wellington."

" ASTON, a township in the parish of Wellington, in the Wellington division of the hundred of South Bradford, in the county of Salop, 2 miles from Wellington. The Wrekin rises on the east of this township, from the summit of which is a commanding view over 15 counties, bounded on the west by the Black Mountains of Wales, with the Severn, Avon, and Wey winding beneath. The slopes of the Wrekin are tastefully laid out in pine plantations, alternating with grassy lawns, and the ancient Roman road called Watling Street passes to the north of the township."

" HADLEY, a township in the parish of Wellington, county Salop, 1 mile E. of Wellington. It is situated near the Shrewsbury canal, and is a station on the Shropshire Union railway. The village, which is considerable, is chiefly inhabited by colliers."

" HORTON, a township in the parish of Wellington, county Salop, 3 miles N.E. of Wellington. It is situated near Shrewsbury canal."

" KETLEY, a township and district parish in the parish of Wellington, hundred of South Bradford, county Salop, 1 mile S.E. of Wellington. It is a station on the Wellington and Severn Junction branch of the Great Western railway. The township is situated in the iron and coal mining district of Shropshire. It is traversed by a canal and tram-rail, 1½ mile long, to Oaken Gates pits. Here are many ironstone and coal pits; also several blast furnaces for the smelting of iron. Fossils are frequently found in the coal and ironstone of the district. The village, which is very considerable is chiefly inhabited by miners. From the eminence on which the church stands a view is obtained of the Shropshire and Cheshire plains, with the Wrekin and Black mountains of Wales in the distance. The living is a perpetual curacy* in the diocese of Lichfield, value £158. The church is a stone structure, erected in 1839 at the sole expense of the Duke of Sutherland. There are chapels for Dissenters, and two schools with houses attached for the master and mistress."

" LAWLEY, a township in the parish of Wellington, county Salop, 2 miles S.E. of Wellington. At Lawley Bank is a station on the Wellington and Severn Junction branch of the Great Western railway. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in the coal and sandstone pits, situated under Lawley Hill.,"

" NEW DALE, a hamlet in the parish of Wellington, hundred of South Bradford, county Salop, 2 miles from Wellington, and 10 E. of Shrewsbury. It is situated under the Wrekin, near the Shrewsbury canal and the line of the ancient Watling Street."

" WALCOTT, a township in the parish of Wellington, county Salop, 4 miles N.W. of Wellington. It is a station on the Shrewsbury and Birmingham railway. The township is situated on the river Tern."

" WATLING STREET, a hamlet in the parish of Wellington, county Salop, near Wellington."

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